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Traffic-related pollution linked to risk of asthma in children
Twenty-five million Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic lung disease that has been on the rise since the 1980s. While
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Fitter older people are less likely to forget words, study finds
Fitter older people are less likely to forget words: Oxygen generated by exercise protects language part of the brain, study
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Wearable fitness monitors useful in cancer treatment, study finds
Wearable fitness trackers, such as Fitbits, that measure steps taken per day may be a useful tool to evaluate and
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Dehydration prompts more blood feeding by mosquitoes
When it’s hot and dry, mosquitoes like nothing more than the refreshing taste of you. Biologists with the University of
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Most academic institutions unprepared to meet new HHS clinical trial reporting regulations
Academic institutions have been slow to adhere to new, stricter requirements by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Forty-four genomic variants linked to major depression
A new meta-analysis of more than 135,000 people with major depression and more than 344,000 controls has identified 44 genomic
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Physicists find properties of magnetic soliton of interest for brain-inspired computing
A team of physicists has uncovered properties of a category of magnetic waves relevant to the development of neuromorphic computing
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Marmosets as the canary in the coal mine for Zika: A highly sensitive primate model of the effects of placental Zika virus infection on fetal health
New research shows small, New World monkeys called marmosets may be an important animal model for emerging viruses with the
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Medical marijuana could reduce opioid use in older adults: Study shows up to 65 percent of older adults who use medical marijuana significantly reduced their chronic pain and dependence on opioid painkillers
A questionnaire of older men and women suffering from chronic pain who were given medical marijuana found that the drug
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Study exposes key tactic used by deadly fungus
A multidisciplinary study by Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers has revealed that a lethal fungus destroys the immune
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